‘No Deal Is Easy to Get Done Right Now’

“There is, if anything, a caution about where we’ve recovered past prior peak levels,” says Korologos.

NEW YORK CITY—Among the largest institutional players, domestic as well as foreign, there’s a note of caution creeping into their decision-making, says Constantine Korologos, managing director with Berkeley Research Group. The capital markets veteran, who will be among the industry experts discussing “Big Deals, Big Transactions” at this year’s RealShare National Investment & Finance conference, scheduled for Oct. 6 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, sees debt opportunities growing in appeal.

“The bottom line is no deal is easy to get done right now,” Korologos tells GlobeSt.com. “For a debt raise or an equity raise, everything is tough right now. People are spending more time thinking about it. They’re analyzing it and they’re re-analyzing the analysis.” If that more thoughtful approach creates more transparency with buyer intentions, that’s a positive, he adds.